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Height: 5 feet
Spread: 3 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 4b
Description:
Its rich lemon yellow color and exquisitely shapely petal arrangement makes this variety stand out; blooms abundantly in late spring with scattered flowers until fall on the low to medium tall upright shrub; a colorful choice for the garden or borders
Ornamental Features
Oregold Hybrid Tea Rose features showy lightly-scented lemon yellow flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall, which emerge from distinctive gold flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.
Landscape Attributes
Oregold Hybrid Tea Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Spiny
Oregold Hybrid Tea Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Oregold Hybrid Tea Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
